Duterte to reveal soon the names of 27 Local Government Officials involved in illegal trade

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">President Rodrigo Duterte will soon disclose the names of 27 local officials allegedly linked to the illegal drug trade, his chief legal counsel said Tuesday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNndfta53pa0sjtzj_ewz_DISQUvaPceuCMEOVysFEsHJd2PzDu7dsJdaDyuuNoNsxzRKrYTXQpbHb8CZTzX0jbZ1uHy2nR5WGSl3tBu3lvR2b7fw386RMxbcF73zhT7kRiH1dH0hL5SfE/s1600/rody_duterte.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNndfta53pa0sjtzj_ewz_DISQUvaPceuCMEOVysFEsHJd2PzDu7dsJdaDyuuNoNsxzRKrYTXQpbHb8CZTzX0jbZ1uHy2nR5WGSl3tBu3lvR2b7fw386RMxbcF73zhT7kRiH1dH0hL5SfE/s1600/rody_duterte.jpg" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Hindi pa ba nilabas yung 27 names? My God, you will be shocked ... basta, [sa] LGUs (local government units) [sila],” presidential legal counsel Salvador Panelo told reporters. </span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Basta ako marami akong may kakilala pero ilalabas niya raw, sabi niya either tonight or tomorrow,” Panelo added. </span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Asked whether there were mayors in Metro Manila involved, Panelo said: “Parang di ko natatandaan — puro probinsya e. May prominenteng pangalan.”</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In his first week of presidency, Duterte named five active and retired police officials allegedly involved in the drug trade, and ordered them investigated by the National Police Commission.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The five officials have since denied the allegation.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two days later, Duterte presented a chart of personalities that included Chinese drug lords, police officials, and local government officials who are allegedly into illegal drug operations based on intelligence information. </span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Duterte did not disclose any names of LGU officials at the time. </span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“They better come up with something really good. Maraming mayors dito. We have a mayor sa </span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mindanao, puro mayor, may babae pa,” he added without elaborating,” Duterte said then.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Source: <a href="http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/576032/news/nation/duterte-to-name-27-lgu-execs-linked-to-illegal-drug-trade-panelo" target="_blank">GMA</a></span>

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President Rodrigo Duterte will soon disclose the names of 27 local officials allegedly linked to the illegal drug trade, his chief legal cou...

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